Mohamed A.Elhoseny
King Khalid University Hospital, Saudi Arabia
Title: Title: Blood transfusion - An old concept but are there any new tricks?
Biography
Biography: Mohamed A.Elhoseny
Abstract
The most common type of shock in trauma is hemorrhagic shock. Treatment entails two arms: source control as well as resuscitation. Blood transfusion is a corner stone in resuscitation and inspite of the fact that it is routine process since the evolution of modern medicine; but we are still trying to optimize it. Another important aspect in blood transfusion is the concept of ‘Balanced resuscitation’ which needs to be more clarified to those working on patient resuscitation. Fresh versus old PRBCs transfusion …. A debate between the theory and practice .while the theory might support the use of fresh transfusion; the studies failed to prove any difference in the outcome. Due to the shortage in blood supply all over the world; there has been an increasing international demand for the blood substitutes; which might be showing a promising future; how true can this be?
